Great British Bake Off favourite Candice says her pupils are not impressed with her bakes

Great British Bake Off favourite Candice says her pupils are not impressed with her bakes

AFTER wowing Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood with a peacock bursting with blueberries during Tudor Week, Candice Brown has become the bookies' favourite to become The Great British Bake Off's ultimate star baker.

However, her extraordinary baking skills have failed to impress students at her school, who still call her "Miss Brown" or occasionally, "Lady from Bake Off".

Purple lipstick-loving Candice is a PE teacher at a school in Bedford and recently spoke about the challenges of juggling her full-time teaching job with filming on Britain's number one baking show.

The North London-born baker told the Radio Times: “I was running on adrenaline and disbelief - definitely not sleep! I work in a secondary school in the special needs department - teenagers have no sympathy for tired teachers/secret bakers. Life hasn’t really changed [since filming finished]. It was straight back to work – although I am now Miss Brown or Lady from Bake Off."

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“I love baking, it’s my thing, it’s my haven, my safe place – I just love it,” she said. “But I never ever thought I would get on Bake Off. My boyfriend and my family are my main source of encouragement – when I felt unsure, they give me a good nudge.

“My nan was the best. Her baking was amazing – I spent a lot of time growing up with her and my granddad and she was always baking and cooking. I stood next to her on the brown dining chair that I dragged through to the kitchen watching in complete adoration."